ETF Analysis & Opinion

If you are long on stocks, it is hard to imagine how you could be trading in losses at this stage of the game. But nothing can rise indefinitely, no matter how strong the underlying fundamentals and...

SPY - Had potential for long follow-through today but it just didn't pan out.  It may be tough shorting a negative fast line change on the hourly (being that there would be potential for a 3d...

Consumer Discretionary has long been a market leadership sector, representing about 12% of the S&P 500 by market cap.The appeal for institutional investors is obvious: you get to own some of the...

This is precisely what I was waiting for and hoping to see; I think there are great days ahead for the precious metals miners (via the Market Vectors Gold Miners (ARCA:GDX) ETF):

Asia Confidential has received a lot of feedback on our view of the relative attractiveness of Chinese and South Korean stocks in both Asian and international contexts. Some of the feedback has...

With leading stocks getting punched in the face over the past week (especially the past two days), there isn’t much to get excited about on the long side of the stock market right now, despite...

Though the fixed income world, in particular Treasury bonds, gathered some steam starting this year, these are faltering again thanks to the Fed latest comments. The Fed, which has committed to keep...

A new EDHEC-Risk Institute publication discusses the European ETF market, with an eye to the current perceptions and practices of that continent’s investors in those funds, as revealed in a...

Thursday’s trading session saw stocks make a retreat after bad news from the banking sector reinforced risk aversion.On Thursday, it was the banking sector’s turn to take the blame for...

Don’t blame weakness in home sales on weather conditions. The National Association of Realtor’s pending home sales index has fallen for eight consecutive months. In fact, you can trace the...

From a technical view, the ETF has broken below a key rising trend line which has been in place since August 2013. Regarding technical indicators, the daily RSI is reversing down from a bullish trend...

The stop loss which was set at $46.35 has been activated closing our short position opened on February 26th.Trading strategy:Stop activated ($46.35).

Gold has been falling for about two weeks straight. It is now into a solid support level. This level is not only a gap fill on the SPDR Gold Trust (ARCA:GLD)) but also the 20 and the 50 moving...